. Electric railway journal . ced in the Electric Railway Journal of , 1912, will take over the work with that company whichwas performed previously by Mr. P. J. Mitten, who hasresigned as master mechanic of the company to becomeconnected with the Philadelphia (Pa.) Rapid Transit Com-pany. 348 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 8. Mr. W. R. Willcox, who has just retired as chairman ofthe Public Service Commission of the First District ofNew York, had a dinner tendered to him at the HotelAstor, New York, on the evening of Feb. 17, 1913, by thepresent members of the commission and the
. Electric railway journal . ced in the Electric Railway Journal of , 1912, will take over the work with that company whichwas performed previously by Mr. P. J. Mitten, who hasresigned as master mechanic of the company to becomeconnected with the Philadelphia (Pa.) Rapid Transit Com-pany. 348 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 8. Mr. W. R. Willcox, who has just retired as chairman ofthe Public Service Commission of the First District ofNew York, had a dinner tendered to him at the HotelAstor, New York, on the evening of Feb. 17, 1913, by thepresent members of the commission and the past and pres-ent members of the staff of the commission. Among thosewho attended were: Chairman McCall of the commission,Commissioners Maltbie, Eustis and Williams, ex-Commis-sioners Bassett and McCarroll, Mr. Travis H. Whitney,secretary of the commission; Mr. Alfred Craven, chief en-gineer of the commission; Mr. James Blaine Walker, as-sistant secretary of the commission, and Dr. A. F. Weber,statistician of the H. G. Throop F. L. Hinman Mr. F. L. Hinman, who has been promoted to be shopforeman and master mechanic of the Syracuse and Oneidalines of the New York State Railways, has during the pastten years served in various capacities with the Syracuse(N. Y.) Rapid Transit Company and its successor. Hebegan as a shop apprentice in Syracuse, but spent a yearwith the Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railway in the shopand power house in Auburn. He returned to Syracuse in1905 and became clerk in the storeroom and two years laterwas put in charge of stores for the Syracuse Rapid TransitRailway and allied lines. In 1910 he became chief clerk toMr. W. J. Harvie, the chief engineer, and two years laterwas appointed general foreman of the mechanical depart-ment. Mr. Dan G. Fisher, who has been connected with theStrickland interests in Texas for some time, has been ap-pointed assistant general manager of the interurban elec-tric railways controlled by the J. F. Strickland Company
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